Police in the central region district of Kayunga are investigating circumstances under which a 32-year-old man was killed by a mob .
The incident reportedly happened after the victim lover raised an alarm accusing him of trying to snatch her mobile phone.
This occurred on Wednesday night in Bukoloto Town, a suburb of Kayunga, at around 9pm. The victim, identified as David Karangwa, was a law enforcement officer at Ssezibwa Taxi Park.
Karangwa and his lover, with whom he shared a child but did not live together, were reportedly engaged in a fight before the fatal attack.
According to a security source, the couple had left Kayunga Town for Bukoloto when Karangwa allegedly grabbed his wife’s phone to check who had called her.
She resisted and raised an alarm, yelling that a thief was stealing her mobile phone.
“The alarm attracted mob which attacked the deceased and beat him to death,” the source said.
The attackers fled the scene before police arrived. Karangwa’s wife also disappeared ,but was later arrested and detained at Kayunga Central Police Station to assist with investigations.
Karangwa’s body was conveyed to Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital for autopsy.
Ssezibwa Regional Police spokesperson Hellen Butoto confirmed the incident, saying investigations were under way.